Cactus micro won't connect to Wi-Fi

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Cactus Micro - a tiny size arduino compatible board plus WIFI chip esp8266.

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Cactus micro won't connect to Wi-Fi #4

Closed imaustink closed 8 years ago

imaustink commented 9 years ago

I am unable to get the cactus micro to connect to my network with any example.

volca commented 9 years ago

ESP8266 can't support 5G. It only support 2.4G. What type is your Wi-Fi?

imaustink commented 9 years ago

It's a dual band router. 2.4 and 5Ghz are supported.

volca commented 9 years ago

What firmware revision is the esp-11 module?

You can type the AT commands to get this.

AT+GMR

imaustink commented 9 years ago

Could you write an example of how to do that?

volca commented 9 years ago

If you use SoftwareSerial, then download the sketch, otherwise download the hardwareSerialMonitor.ino sketch.

Then you can input the AT commands in the serial monitor on Arduino IDE.

imaustink commented 9 years ago

Okay, I tried that and it doesn't respond.

volca commented 9 years ago

Which one did you try?

imaustink commented 9 years ago

I tied both examples provided.

volca commented 9 years ago

Do you have any other Wi-Fi spot?

sscirrus commented 9 years ago

Neither of those sketches are working for me either. It would be great if you could add a really simple sketch just showing how to connect to WiFi.

imaustink commented 9 years ago

I have lot's of Wi-Fi sources. The cactus will not connect to any of them though.

To be real with you I have already accepted that the cactus micro does not function as advertised. I will be moving my project to DigiStump oaks after their release in October and I will develop on the Particle platform for now...

sscirrus commented 9 years ago

Thanks for your input @imaustink. It's frustrating (as a relative beginner) when the current documentation is so sparse.

imaustink commented 9 years ago

Particle.io sells the Photon for $20, ships this month. Take a look at their API Docs and behold their beauty.

volca commented 9 years ago

Cactus Micro is designed to use simple AT command to play Wi-Fi. I have tested on many Wi-Fi sources and works. Many buyers give me nice response about it.

I don't know which step you have played. Can u answer me some question?

Did you upload the sketch successful?
Did you see any log from the serial monitor?
Can you show me which sketch you tested? And the the log message?

imaustink commented 9 years ago

Yes. The serial monitor logged it was not connected. That's all. I tried both examples provided.

volca commented 9 years ago

Hi,

Could you please try the sketch httpPost.ino?

Please edit the SSID and pass.

Run the sketch and give me a screenshot for the serial monitor.

Thank you.